Even though the white letters on the tire will be turned inward, you will still be able to see the inside of the tire in different location around the car. I have tried Back to Black, black shoe polish, black leather polish, and Sharpie's of different brands with no luck. All of them just left a dark shinny spot where the letters were and really stood out next to the actual tire texture and color. Does someone make a rattle can that would shoot some kind of rubber similar to under coating in a spray can? Somebody must have some kind of formula to make the white go away. Please Advise.
I've had good luck with a sharie using multiple coats and black leather polish then putting 303 on both sides of the tires on my highboy front and back tires.
I've had good results with Ace hardware Rust Stop satin black. Covered my white lettering well and has a good fan tip for even coverage without runs. The satin sheen blends well too.....Bob
i,ve used under coating with great results , sprayed into cup or what ever , than brushed it on the letters neatly ...
Dupont had a product for years[tireblack rubber dressing] , I don't think its available anymore, but maybe you could find an old can on eBay. I've had a can for years and I have slimmed down widewhitewalls that were way to wide on 750/16 tires to match the smaller fronts. once on it never wears off.
You could shoot the tire with Krylon. I don't remember what its actually called but they make one with flex built in. I used to use laundry markers with good success. You can get them in black and they are duller than a sharpie. And the added caveat of being indelible.
Miller tire, in Ohio I think, has a black tire paint used for tractor tires. I used it on the inside of my drag tires a couple of times.
Try a little of "One Shot" sign painters paint. They have a few different blacks I believe. Each time my son had a chip on his black car I would touch it up for him. It just blends right in and you cannot find the chips. Jimbo
I bought a set of Pie Crust slicks from Raider and they painted the whitewalls black for me with the Dupont black dressing and by the time they arrived to me the coating had cracked everywhere. They looked horrible. I cant recommend it. I have been trying for a long time to find out what paint to use on a pair of Goodyear Blue Streak slicks and from all the research I have done the only thing that comes up the most is Acrylic Latex house paint. I bought the right colors of white and blue but have not had the guts to paint them yet. That's why I keep reading these posts. Soon I will paint them as the worst that can happen is I might have to paint strip them off and keep looking. I will post my findings then. I have an original pair of Goodyear Blue Streak front tires from a Funny car that still have the paint on them from the factory but when I tried to talk to the people at Goodyear to find out what they used back then they didn't know. They said the new slicks with the yellow letters are done in the mold. I would love to find someone that worked back then for Goodyear in the place that they made the Blue Streaks that knew what they used.
You could actually send your tires to Diamond Back and have the blue streaks installed. Good year probably put the blue streaks on like a whitewall only blue
When I talked to the guys at Goodyear they told me they used to paint them but didn't know what paint. Mine look like paint that has thinned and faded and the slicks have no color on them at all. I didn't know about Diamond Back or their available services. Thanks for the info. I will check with them.
Wouldn't hurt to ask, I know they make red lines and I think I have seen blue streaks that someone got from them too.
Surely the white doesn't go all the way. Lay them on their side and hit the with moderate grit sandpaper on a DA sander like 150 then go to something like 600 grit to finish. It sure wont come back.
Black vinyl die, most auto supply stores have it. Clean tire well, spray a couple of coats, enjoy your accomplishment! KK
The white letters are just the tips of the iceberg there is a full white strip around under the black sidewall on those, usually it has a gap in the white but some tire shops grind those down to make wide whites.
Kan Kustom, are you sure they used Dupont tire dressing because I myself never had problems like you described and to feel it when its liquid it sure smells and looks like real rubber, Just wondering , thats all.
I wondered about that too. The can of DuPont No. 7 that I still have has a thin consistency and when applied seems like it penetrates, rather than just coating the surface.
Thinking out side the box... today I installed side window gl*** on a 1957 tbird. I used windshield urethane to hold the rubber in the channels and the gl*** in the rubber. You have to use windshield urethane primer that seems to bite into everything including the rubber seals and it's a satiny black. If you know anyone that works at a gl*** or body shop you might be able to try some. Also not all brands are created equal. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
The guy that owns Raider told me that was what he was going to use to black out my white walls. Whether he actually used what he told me he would or not, only he knows. I just know that whatever he put on them cracked horribly by the time I received them.
I had the same issue with white letters, I purchased some black brush paint at a hobby shop for doing lexan RC car bodies, and train cars worked fine was on for 5 years until I sold the car and did not show that it was painted. Never reapplied it either.
You should be able to buy a quart of 100% black acrylic house paint at your local paint store,not automotive. The acrylic stays flexible and will expand and contract as the tire goes through heating and cooling cycles,warning regular latex will not hold up. HRP
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